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[Retro Review] Star Frontiers (1982): A Look Back at a Classic SF RPG

This post includes a free micro-rpg at the bottom based on Star Frontiers.

Jan 14 • Christian Lindke

Which Way Ravenloft: Heir of Strahd? Horror or Whimsy? [Book Review]

Gothic Horror, Whedonesque, or Horror Comedy?

Jan 7 • Christian Lindke

Geekerati's Best of 2025 with Bonus Eggnog Pie Experiment

Following Up on Promises: AKA What I Hope is the Worst of 2026

Jan 5 • Christian Lindke

Happy New Year!

Sorry for the lack of posting this week, but I am on a major time crunch with my dissertation and have been writing some good stuff in my chapter on…

Dec 31, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Merry Christmas! Yes, I Will Be Trying the Eggnog Pie.

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all of you for subscribing and reading this little newsletter.

Dec 24, 2025 • Christian Lindke

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Why I Love Old School Dungeons & Dragons

Sep 15, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Charles Schulz Peanut's Neighborhood was Darker than You Think

Oct 8, 2025 • Christian Lindke

An Alternative Vision of The Hobbit that Never Was, Thank Heaven

Sep 24, 2025 • Christian Lindke

The Most "Intellectual" RPG I Own. My Answer Might Just Surprise You.

Nov 6, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Recent posts

Should Clerics and Paladins be Able to "Turn" Elves?

Questions About Elves in D&D Volume 2

Dec 23, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Retro Game Review: Kung Fu 2100 from Steve Jackson Games

A Not Quite Great Old Gaming Magazines #2 Article

Dec 22, 2025 • Christian Lindke

1:29:30

You Got Horror in My American Revolution Role Playing Game!

A Geek Chat with Rogue Games Founder Richard Iorio

Dec 19, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Supergirl Thoughts and a Retro-Review of It Happened Tomorrow (1944)

Before the Review a Prelude to Why I Often Write About Older Films

Dec 12, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Wait, You Got Christmas in my MÖRK BORG!!!

Dec 10, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Holiday Themed RPG Adventure Series #1: Shadow of the Krampus

The first in 4 seasonal role playing game adventures for a variety of games systems.

Dec 5, 2025 • Christian Lindke

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Christian Lindke's Geekerati Newsletter

Christian Lindke's Geekerati Newsletter

Discussions of Pop Culture, Table Top Games, Film, and Television with a dash of Political Science and Statistics from Time to Time.

Movies

Supergirl Thoughts and a Retro-Review of It Happened Tomorrow (1944)

Before the Review a Prelude to Why I Often Write About Older Films

Dec 12, 2025 • Christian Lindke

A Christmas Movie Advent-ure Marathon

The first Seven of 24 Days of Christmas Films

Dec 4, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Retro-Review: Steel Dawn (1987)

Between yesterday’s post discussing the thoughts I had after revisiting the most recent Conan film (2012) and my friend Darran Hight’s post about the…

Nov 12, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Retro-Review Conan (2012): It was the Best of Conans, It was the Worst of Conans

Conan and “Vast Narratives”

Nov 11, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Geekside Film Chat: Horror Movies and Kids Today

Luke and I were supposed to talk for 30 minutes or so about an article he recently read by a younger film critic.

Oct 20, 2025 • Christian Lindke and Luke Y. Thompson

1:22:03

Weekly Geekly

Weekly Geekly Rundown for November 14, 2025

Sorry It's Late

Nov 20, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Trick or Potato? It's Weekly Geekly Rundown Time.

Get ready for two Oddities this week.

Oct 31, 2025 • Christian Lindke

What am I Geeking Out About this Week?

Weekly Geekly Rundown for 10/24/2025

Oct 27, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Halloween and Those Darn Kids Today

Weekly Geekly for October 17, 2025

Oct 17, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Weekly Geekly Frankenstein Edition

October 3, 2025

Oct 5, 2025 • Christian Lindke

YouTube

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Episode 176: Conan the Patron of the Arts? (From the Archives)

For a Barbarian, Conan had a love of high art and it's one of many reasons why the character remains a vibrant part of popular culture.

Sep 29, 2024 • Christian Lindke

Episode 174: "Supercrew" is Quick and Easy Superhero Role Playing

I’m a huge fan of superhero roleplaying games.

Aug 21, 2024 • Christian Lindke

24:39

Episode 173: Four Players, a Murder Hobo, and an Inattentive Game Master

Let's Talk About Disruptive Players

Aug 14, 2024 • Christian Lindke

25:02

Episode 172: Flash Gordon and the Warriors of Mongo is the First Licensed RPG and is Better than Most Think

Let's talk about what might be the first licensed role playing game and how the few online critics who talked about it got it wrong.

Aug 7, 2024 • Christian Lindke

33:43

The British Wargaming Scene and Role Playing

It’s the 50th Anniversary of the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game and we’ve learned a lot about the how the game came to be designed over the past…

Jul 30, 2024 • Christian Lindke

Geekside Chat

1:26:51

I'm Thankful for Geek Chats.

Kailani B. of Damsel in the Library Discusses Literature and Films for Which She is Grateful

Nov 25, 2025 • Christian Lindke

Critical Hit Parader Stops by for a Geekside Chat

I’ve had the Critical Hit Parader Substack by Matt Thompson on my regular reading list for quite some time.

Nov 5, 2025 • Christian Lindke

1:14:52

Geekside Film Chat: Horror Movies and Kids Today

Luke and I were supposed to talk for 30 minutes or so about an article he recently read by a younger film critic.

Oct 20, 2025 • Christian Lindke and Luke Y. Thompson

1:22:03

Geekside Chat #2: American Fantasy Literature is Doing Just Fine

As I was uploading my second Geekside Chat, I was wondering how I should approach writing the written article below the video.

Oct 15, 2025 • Christian Lindke

27:49

My First "Geekside" Chat

What is a Geekside Chat?

Oct 9, 2025 • Christian Lindke

40:22